[COMPLETE][Exploration]The Australian Explorers, by George Grimm - kit

Post by **Kitty** » March 20th, 2019, 11:58 pm

wohoo you made good on your promise ! Thanks Chris, glad to see this project is not forgotten.

Now let's hope our DPL hasn't vanished...

PS could you also update the MW, please ? That way Phil may easier notice that he has a section to PL.

Thanks

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » March 27th, 2019, 7:39 pm

Section 7 - Chapter 6 - Captain Sturt's Three Expeditions completed.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/australianexplorers_07_grimm_128kb.mp3

The floral emblems of both South Australia http://snaplant.com/flowers/sturts-desert-pea-floral-emblem-of-south-australia/
and the Northern Territory https://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html
are named after Charles Sturt.

Cheers,
Chris

Post by **Kitty** » March 28th, 2019, 12:34 am

thank you Chris....I fear our DPL has gone AWOL. I wrote him a PM but haven't heard back from him yet. Let's wait a few more days and if he doesn't show up, I'll put myself in as DPL.

I need to support you in your recording spree after all.

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » March 28th, 2019, 1:16 am

Kitty wrote: ↑March 28th, 2019, 12:34 am I need to support you in your recording spree after all.

Sonia

The truth is, I think Kitty has discovered her Inner Colonial. "Tropical Kitt", indeed.

WILLUM 'MATE' COBBLERS:
This is the manager of the Guided NAAFI at Kuala Lumpur, sir. Do you want this tea we brewed up? Or shall we throw it all away?

SEAGOON:
Certainly not. I will not tolerate waste. How much tea is there?

WILLUM 'MATE' COBBLERS:
Ten thousand cups.

SEAGOON:
Right. Keep it on the boil. I'll attend to it.

(puts phone down)

SEAGOON:
Grytpype, we're going to Malaya. Prepare airliners to carry ten thousand troops. Tell them we're going to Malaya for tea.

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
That will mean tropical kit, sir.

SEAGOON:
Tropical Kitt, I love that woman! Ooohh, you mean uniforms?

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
Yes, yes

SEAGOON:
Yes, well, have them issued at once.

GRYTPYPE-THYNNE:
You will have your little joke.

Cheers,
Chris

Post by **Kitty** » March 28th, 2019, 1:32 am

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑March 28th, 2019, 1:16 amThe truth is, I think Kitty has discovered her Inner Colonial. "Tropical Kitt", indeed.

how many names have I already got from you now ? Tropical Kitt sounds cool.

Is this an excerpt from some war-series again (like it ain't half hot) ?

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » March 28th, 2019, 1:41 am

”how many names have I already got from you now ?”

27, I think, but who’s counting?

This is from the BBC radio series “The Goon Show”, starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan.

Chris

Post by **Kitty** » April 1st, 2019, 6:10 am

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑March 27th, 2019, 7:39 pmSection 7 - Chapter 6 - Captain Sturt's Three Expeditions completed.
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/australianexplorers_07_grimm_128kb.mp3

ok so I have just listened to this highly adventurous section, since Phil has not replied back to my PM yet.

But I don't want to let you wait too long for feedback, so I'm PLing until he returns. That way the sections won't pile up.

Wow, these explorations were quite an ordeal

That would so not be my thing, I cannot stand the eternal heat without any shade. So when and how would they have known that they reached the middle of Australia ?

A pity that Sturt's life ambition wasn't realized in the end.

Nice reading, really easy to follow along. I only found one sentence, which I think should get corrected:

> at 32:20: (p. 85) “and was now covetous of the honour of being the first European to plant his foot on the centre of Australia” – you say “Australian” but I guess it’s important that he was European, as the natives probably would already have set foot there

Speaking of corrections...have you corrected the PL notes from your previous chapters already ? If so, please mark them "Ready for Spot PL" in the MW, just so we know.

Thanks

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » April 23rd, 2019, 11:47 pm

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑March 20th, 2019, 11:52 pmSection 13 - Chapter 12 - Burke and Wills's Expedition Across the Australian Continent completed and ready for PL.
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/australianexplorers_13_grimm_128kb.mp3
This is the sad chapter.

yikes indeed, how tragic ! And I really blame Wright too, how could he loiter about so long when he knew they were relying on him for provisions ? It was a bad choice to have made him number 3, he definitely was not a trustworthy person.

I also wondered why they chose December, January, February for the bulk of their expedition. Wouldn't that be the peak of summer and the hottest time in the desert areas ? Why not do this when it's cooler temperatures ?

The chapter is PL ok.

Enjoyed it, despite the tragic outcome.

And since I haven't heard anything back from our previous DPL here, I will make the switch now and set myself up as DPL for the rest of this project. The explorations are quite interesting and well written (and narrated

)

Now the ball is in your camp, Chris...let's finish this !

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » July 23rd, 2019, 12:01 am

*knock knock*, Chris ? I haven't heard from you in a while in here.

Just wanted to have a short "official" statement that this is not forgotten

(and maybe I can persuade you to another section....)

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » November 14th, 2019, 12:47 pm

Just to let you know, I'm still working on this.

Chris

Post by **Kitty** » November 14th, 2019, 12:54 pm

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑November 14th, 2019, 12:47 pmJust to let you know, I'm still working on this.

I'm happy to hear that

I would really love to hear more about these rather dangerous excursions.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » January 14th, 2020, 12:37 am

hey again, it's the bi-monthly update query

just in case you had forgotten

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » September 17th, 2020, 2:19 am

“Sir Thomas Mitchell's Four Expeditions” chapter has been recorded and is currently being edited. It’s a long one, hopefully won’t have to split it though.

Cheers,
Chris

Post by **Kitty** » September 17th, 2020, 6:09 am

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑September 17th, 2020, 2:19 am“Sir Thomas Mitchell's Four Expeditions” chapter has been recorded and is currently being edited. It’s a long one, hopefully won’t have to split it though.

thanks for that, Chris ! If you manage to keep it under 74 minutes, then you can keep it in one section. Otherwise splitting somewhere fitting in the middle won't be a problem either. We'll name the chapter Part 1 and Part 2 then.

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » October 9th, 2020, 7:03 pm

Section 8 - Chapter 7 - Eyre's Adventurous Journey Along The Great Australian Bight completed.
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/australianexplorers_08_grimm_128kb.mp3

Chris